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Medical experts are calling for stronger adherence to the global One Health mandate by Jamaican authorities, citing the outbreak of leptospirosis following Hurricane Melissa a month ago as a clear indication of why such a move is pivotal. One...

WESTERN BUREAU: State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Delano Seiveright has declared that Jamaica’s craft sector is poised for a sweeping overhaul as the Government moves to reposition craft not as an afterthought but...

A police officer who supervised the investigation into the disappearance of social media personality and entrepreneur Donna-Lee Donaldson has denied a suggestion that he was negligent or careless for not collecting records related to a telephone...

WESTERN BUREAU: Following calls from the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) for citizens to responsibly dispose of their garbage in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, residents of several communities across St James say they remain concerned...

The Supreme Court has thrown out an application brought by the People’s National Party’s Paul Buchanan to overturn the results of the St Andrew West Central general election which he lost to Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness. Buchanan, who was the...

A 68-year-old Jamaica-born man was struck and killed by a moped while standing on the street in a section of Queens, New York, in the United States on Friday. Dead is former corrections officer Trevor Lloyd Samuels, who was in the marked crosswalk...

President for the Jamaica Coalition for a Healthy Society (JCHS) Dr Wayne West is questioning the motivation of Reverend Devon Dick, pastor of the Boulevard Baptist Church, for placing on the agenda of a business meeting a discussion and vote on...

Western Bureau: While scores of residents were converging on the Duanvale Community Centre, in Trelawny, on Friday to collect care packages and other supplies courtesy of Pepsi, which had partnered with entities such as KFC, Pizza Hut and Wata,...

Parental relationships, cellular phone usage, and self-esteem struggles are labelled among the major challenges impacting high school students’ mental health and Chevening, Mindfulness Jamaica, and Jonathan Grant High School have partnered on an...

WESTERN BUREAU: With more than 1,600 churches representing over 100 denominations, Jamaica is widely believed – though largely on anecdotal grounds – to hold a Guinness World Record for the highest concentration of churches globally, with an...

Less than a year after moving into his new two-bedroom home at Edmund Ridge Estates in St James, homeowner Anthony Davis has begun extensive interior renovations. The house was among several severely damaged in October when Hurricane Melissa ripped...

The Government is arguing that the $120 million in damages that was awarded to George Williams – the mentally disabled Rastafarian man who spent 50 years in prison awaiting trial – was “punitive in circumstances where there was no oppressive,...